Published: March 9, 2025
Chu Yang unexpectedly crashed to the top of a towering tree. With a crack, he let out a scream as his back slammed into a thick branch, which broke, only for him to collide with a second one, and then a third, all the way down. He had no idea how many branches he had shattered.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Boom!
"Damn it..." Chu Yang fell face-up to the ground, utterly devoid of any image or grace. At that moment, all he felt was as if all the bones in his body were broken. Unable to hold back, he cursed, "You could at least give me a heads up before making me drop! What's the deal with this sudden attack? I'll remember you, just you wait... Oh my, it hurts so much..."
However, it seemed one couldn't really blame the guide messenger for this.
If it were someone else, they certainly wouldn’t just let him drop without some warning or reminders to be careful…
But you are different.
You acted so impressively all along, having backing, connections, and extraordinary power—any fool could see you were quite familiar with this Nine Heavens Pavilion... If you knew it so well, how could you not understand the environment here?
Moreover, we were not allowed to interfere too much, we were following your lead, weren’t we?
You were so familiar with it, asking all sorts of questions along the way as if it were a game? Did you really think we were fools?
Once you got down, you could soar high and swim freely…
I’m not serving you anymore, idiot!
Thus, the price Chu Yang paid for showing off this time was nearly costing him his life.
It truly was a self-inflicted misfortune, with no way around it. Without showing off, he wouldn't have received such treatment. But if you show off, it can’t be so transparent that others see through it, so… cough, cough, cough…
Chu Yang gasped for breath, lying on the ground for a long time.
It was just a little bit different; if there hadn’t been a tree below to catch him, if he had crashed directly to the ground, it would have been over without a doubt.
This statement was not an exaggeration; Chu Yang's physique was undoubtedly a hundred times stronger than the average person. But without using his cultivation, without employing any techniques to mitigate the fall, and not having time to invoke any protective skills for such a high drop, there was absolutely no way he could survive!
At this moment, a wave of genuine fear rose in Chu Yang's heart. Just a moment ago, his body had been beyond his control. The subtle feeling of life and death not being in his own hands was truly… something he never wanted to recall.
Simultaneously, Chu Yang made a firm resolution; this was the Nine Heavens Pavilion, an entirely new realm to him where he was almost completely ignorant. In this land, he was no longer the Nine Calamity Sword Master from Nine Heavens, but now he would surely have too many things beyond his control. Moving forward, he must be extremely careful and cautious, and absolutely cannot allow something like today to happen again!
After lying on the ground for what felt like half a day, Chu Yang attempted to adjust his breathing and took in the air of the Nine Heavens Pavilion, carefully perceiving everything about the new environment. Only a moment passed, and he felt a sense of peace wash over him, the previously accumulated anger dissipating.
The spiritual energy in this realm was dense, almost to the point of overwhelming the air. Under such circumstances, although breathing might be slightly difficult and would require some time to adapt, feeling the massive influx of spiritual energy into his body was incredibly shocking.
The density of the spiritual energy in this realm was at least ten times denser than that in the Nine Heavens Continent.
This comparison was even the most conservative estimation.
Because it seemed that this place was merely a no-man's land just above the pavilion, certainly not the prime training ground for martial artists, yet the concentration of spiritual energy had already reached this level. It's no wonder that the starting point for martial artists ascending to the Nine Heavens Pavilion was so high...